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The popular Pygmalion formula popularized in the Hollywood musical My Fair Lady gets a decidedly Hong Kong cinema twist in the bawdy comedy Gigolo and Whore. The suave and dapper Simon Yam stars as Sam, a successful gigolo whose skill with the ladies is only exceeded by his impeccable taste. When he meets fresh-off-the-boat Mainland girl Chung (Carina Lau), his affluent and materialistic lifestyle dazzles her. Right then she decides: she'll become a prostitute, and who better to school her in the world's oldest profession than Sam, Hong Kong's most successful gigolo! Sam schools Chung on how to dress, act, pick up potential marks and - when it's required - embellish her appreciation of a man's sexual prowess! But will the teacher eventually fall for his pupil? Though the premise sounds somewhat sleazy, Gigolo and Whore looks past its politically-incorrect subject matter to become a funny and even romantic comedy about two displaced individuals who find a connection in fast-paced, cosmopolitan Hong Kong.
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| Product Title: | Gigolo And Whore 雞鴨戀 鸡鸭恋 鷄鴨戀 Gigolo And Whore |
| Artist Name(s): | Carina Lau | Simon Yam | Alex Fong Chung Sun | Leung Wan Yui 劉嘉玲 | 任達華 | 方中信 | 梁韻蕊 刘嘉玲 | 任达华 | 方中信 | 梁韵蕊 劉嘉玲 （カリーナ・ラウ） | 任達華 （サイモン・ヤム） | 方中信（アレックス・フォン） | 梁韻蕊（リョン・ワンスイ） Carina Lau | Simon Yam | Alex Fong Chung Sun | Leung Wan Yui |
| Release Date: | 2000-03-01 |
| Language: | Cantonese, Mandarin |
| Subtitles: | English, Traditional Chinese |
| Country of Origin: | Hong Kong |
| Disc Format(s): | DVD |
| Region Code: | All Region What is it? |
| Rating: | IIB |
| Duration: | 92 (mins) |
| Publisher: | Universe Laser (HK) |
| Package Weight: | 130 (g) |
| Shipment Unit: | 1 What is it? |
| YesAsia Catalog No.: | 1000005152 |
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Kevin Kennedy
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February 8, 2010
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Wrong-headed hooker flick
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This Terry Tong-directed film offers the absurd message that prostitution can be a good career choice. Country girl Carina Lau comes to Hong Kong from mainland China to stay with her cousin, then learns that her cousin has become a low-rent prostitute. Through the cousin, Carina meets Simon Yam, who supports his lavish lifestyle by working as a male hooker. Smitten by both Simon and his affluence, Carina decides to enter the flesh trade and asks Simon to school her in the 'art'. Why Simon agrees to do so is unclear, but he spends loads of time and money turning Carina into a high-end call girl. Carina then is hired by a tycoon to become his son's personal assistant; her real job is to use her feminine wiles to lure him out of the funk into which he has fallen since his wife's death. Carina succceeds and the son asks for her hand in marriage. [SPOILER ALERT -- SKIP THIS PARAGRAPH IF YOU DON'T WANT TO KNOW HOW THE MOVIE ENDS.] On the eve of their wedding, everything falls apart when it is revealed to the news media that Carina is a hooker. The son gives Carina a blank check as they part company, Simon decides that her really loves Carina, Carina fills in the check for $10 million HK dollars, and Simon and Carina head off to Japan with this fortune to start a restaurant together and live happily ever after. Absurd, right? This movie is not really romantic, it isn't funny, and it is thoroughly amoral. While, from a technical perspective, it is a reasonably well-made film (apart from a ham-handed stab at a lude scene between Simon and a female psychiatrist), the concept upon which the film is based is irredeemably wrong-headed. There are plenty of better movies about prostitution in Hong Kong, including the Shaw Brothers classic "My Name Ain't Suzy" and Herman Yau's recent "True Women for Sale". Stick with them. |
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